Radiator guard



Feb. 26 1924. 1,485,184

P. VAN R. HARRlS ET AL RADIATOR GUARD Filed March 5. 1921 I m mTTORNEVYS Vania, have invented a new and useful Ra- Patented set. as,ieaa stares nanra'ron. enzsnn.

application filed March .5, 1921. serial KtmlQfii.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, PERCEVAL VAN R. HARRIS and JoHN D. REYNOLDS,citizens of the United States, residing in the city and countyofPhiladelphia, State of Pennsyldiator Guard, of which the following is aspecification.

Gur invention relates to a guard for a radiator of aninternal'combustionengine, the same being of such construction that inthe event of collisions or blows are imparted to said guard it will beenabled to endure the shock'andstrain to which it is subjected withoutmaterial injury or destruction, thus also preserving its protection forthe radiator.

. To this end, said guard consists of a frame and bars both of steel oriron the sides of the former being of an lar form in cross section, andthe latter aving its terminals seated on certain limbs of said frame,and the terminal portions resting flat against the other limbs thereof,the relative portions of said bars being fused with the contacting limbsof the frame whereby the bars and frame are of integral construction andso jointless at their places of connection.

It consists further in a novel method in,- volved in the manufacture ofthe ard.

The invention is satisfactorily ilustrated in the. accompanying drawing,but the .important instrumentalities thereof may be varied, and so it'isto be understood that the invention is not limited to the specificdetails shown and described, as long as they are within the spirit orscope of the claims.

Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a guard foraninternal-combustion engine embodying our inventiom Figure 2 representsa 'side elevation thereof.

Figure 3 represents a vertical section of a portion on line 33 Figure 1.

Figure 4 represents a vertical section of the upper portion of the guardon an enlarged scale, on line 4-4 Figure 6."

Figure 5 represents a vertical section of the lower portion of the guardon an enlarged scale on a line similar to line 4-4 Figure 6.

Figure 6 represents a vertical section of the upper portion of the guardon line 6--6 Figure 4.

' Figure 7 represents a front elevation ofmetrical member 3 and aninwardly directedflange 4 suitably bent into shape,'one form of which isshown in Figure 1, the same producing a strong structure.

The bars in said figure extendlertically their upper terminals engagingthe innerfaces of the perimetrical member 3 of the uppertransverse orcross member of the.

frame and restingmormally directly against said faces. The acks of theadjacent portionsof said upper terminals rest normally against the adacent faces of the limb or flange 4 of said upper transverse or crossmember of the frame.

The lower terminals of said bars'enga e the inner faces of the members 3of the lower "transverse or cross member of the frame and rest normallydirectly upon said faces. The backs of the adjacent portions of saidlower. terminals rest normally a ainst the adjacent. faces of the limbof said ower transverse or cross-member of the frame.

After the bars areplaced in position on theframe, the terminals and adacent portions of the former are welded electrically or by acetylene gasor other means to the upper and lower transverse or cross members of theperimetrical frame as at 5, whereby the contiguous portions of the barsand cross members of the top and bottom of the frame .respectively are,fused, and soconnected integrally and so the frame and the bars .are anintegral construction and. The fusion or weld.

comparatively jointless. is effected by directing the heat first alongone face of each bar at the end, and then along the other face,producing two welds at each end of each bar.

Attention is directed to the fact that the 'oints that primarily existedbetween the ars and contiguous members oftheframe as illustrated by thedotted lines and arrows in Figure 3 disappear owing to the welding ofand bars, to said members as has been are which, if subjected to theforce or blows of a collision or otherwise will endure the shock towhich it may be subjected without material fracture, disintegration ordestruction.

In Figure 7, the frame is of elliptical form and the bars or rods 2extend in horizontal direction and their terminals or terminal portionsare welded to the side members of the frame with the result the same asin the other figures.

Having thus described our invention what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A radiator guard for motor vehicles embodying a perimetrical frame ofangular cross-section, one limb of said angular cross section beingdisposed in a vertical plane and the other lateral thereto, and a seriesof bars disposed in edgewise relation within measures said perimetricalframe, said bars having their ends secured to the lateral limb of theaforesaid frame and their adjacent edges free from connection with thevertical limb thereof.

2 A radiator guard for motor vehicles comprising an endless perimetricalframe of angular cross-section, said frame conforming in contour to thefrontal outline of a radiator and having one limb disposed in a verticalplane and the other lateral thereto, and a series of parallel spacedfiat bars disposed in edgewise relation within said perimetrical frame,said flat bars having their transverse end edges welded to the laterallimb of the aforesaid frame and their adjacent longitudinal edges freefrom connection with the vertical limb thereof.

PERCIVAL VAN R. HARRIS. JOHN D. REYNOLDS. Witnesses:

JOHN A. WEIDERSHEIM, R. BUSSINGER.

